What the past Journalists had that is absent in the present ones...Fierceness. who would bell the cat asked Dele Giwa, and now I ask.

 
 Hello everyone,,
             One great disaster to the existence of a nation is the nonchalant nature of citizens in absorbing the history of their nation. I know what I mean when I say this. Try this out. Randomly ask Nigerians within the age of 15-40 some basic questions about Nigerian history I bet You gonna get so shocked. It gets worse when they are told to mention all the past leaders of Nigeria. What about our past and present foreign policies...That's too much. This leads me to remember vividly what one of my great teachers Ahmed Yerima continually says..''The Youths of this generation do not read, all they do is surf the net for materials that may not make sense''.

Back to politics and Journalism. It gets worse in our present educational system where mass communication students focus on photography and entertainments while forgetting the major indignation on our political sector. How can one be in possession of 365 billion Naira and call it savings. We then hear reports of the issue and not strict criticism from our Journalists. The major reason why so many rights ain't done in the system is because of the lackadaisical attitude of gatekeepers who edit and re-edit major information that should have aided in restructuring some of our nation's policies. Is it not because of the acquisition and economic and territorial advantage that this men and women are obsessed with. How can one sit and watch some group of people pillage our nation's wealth.

Lets go down memory lane, I would mention 5 journalists who wrote for the New's watch during the 1985-1986...Dele Giwa, Dan Agbese, Ray Ekpu, and Adebayo Williams. No political leader having read their articles didn't pick up arms after them to make them shut up. Others lost their life's because they told truth. But all we have today are a group of people who fill our magazine slots with issues that aren't relevant.
Here in Nigeria, people seem to accept the unacceptable revelations of how politicians share millions of naira belonging to the nation. The newspaper reports them but people laugh, the reason is because they have been shocked t the state of unshockability.

How can one ever read the articles of this former journalists and remain the same.What is to be done to  get Nigerians come to terms with the country and not feel like passing sojourners who have other countries to run to? Who If one may ask, will bell the cat asked Dele Giwa and now I ask.